August Carl Eduard Baldamus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

August Carl Eduard Baldamus

German ornithologist

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1812

Place of Birth: Giersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1893

Profession: writer, ornithologist

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Aries

August Carl Eduard Baldamus (April 18, 1812 in Giersleben, Saxony-Anhalt – October 30, 1893 in Coburg) was a German ornithologist. August Baldamus studied theology at the University of Berlin.
In 1859 he became Professor at the Gymnasium in Köthen where he met Carl Andreas Naumann and his brother Johann Friedrich Naumann both ornithologists. In 1849 he became Pastor in Diebzig, in 1859 moving to the same office in Osternienburg.
He retired to Coburg in 1870. Baldamus was the founder of the Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft (German Ornithologists' Society) and published the ornithological journal Naumannia between 1849 and 1858.